Architecture is Mathew’s passion in life, and he has spent most of the last 23 years gaining valuable professional experience. Armed with merely a pencil and whatever piece of paper may be in front of him, he can sketch out any design, often exceeding his clients’ hopes and dreams in both imagination and quality. He dedicates much of what little free time he has to preserving significant historic architecture by working alongside the Ipswich Historic Society. As a committee member of the Boston Society of Architects, Mathew has been involved in consulting for revisions to the new Massachusetts Building Code. It should be mentioned that architecture is not Mathew’s sole passion. He and his wife Sarah are actively involved in the Scottish Cummings Clan Society. Mathew can often be found with his kilt and bagpipes upholding his family tradition.


Cummings Architects, Ipswich, MA
1997 - Today
  • Cummings Architects is a small residential architecture firm in downtown Ipswich, specializing in new home designs, additions to existing homes, and historic renovations. Cummings Architects is devoted to individual designs, specific to each client’s needs and personality. Design styles include custom homes, post and beam, folk American, shingle style ocean front homes and many other unique styles that can only be described as ‘Cummings Architecture’. The firm has been featured on Channel 5’s Chronicle, The Ipswich Chronicle newspaper, The Salem News, and CN8’s American Builder. www.cummingsarchitects.com


Siemasko Architects, Beverly, MA
1995 - 1997

  • Siemasko Architects features a wide variety of residential designs, from high end to the smallest of projects. The firm designs large scale ocean front homes, additions and renovations, as well as multi-family homes. Siemasko Architects has been featured in many periodicals such as Veranda, New England Home Magazine and Fine Interiors.


Zarelli Architects, Marblehead, MA
1991 - 1995

  • Zarelli Architects focuses on high end residential architecture and the restoration and preservation of historic homes. This firm has been featured in periodicals such as Fine Home Building.


Hayes Engineering,  Wakefield, MA
1986 - 1991

  • Hayes is a premiere civil engineering firm producing almost every type of residential engineering and surveying services, including residential subdivisions, site designs and major land developments.



Boston Architectural Center, Boston, MA

  • The BAC is a work curriculum school, requiring its students to work 40 hours per week while attending school at night full time. The BAC also requires its students to produce a year long thesis prior to graduation. www.the-bac.edu

Registration:

  • Registered Architect  -  Massachusetts- license number 10317


Memberships and Accomplishments:

  • Registered Architect
  • Bachelors of Architecture from the Boston Architectural Center
  • Three-year Certificate of Vocational Proficiency in Architectural Drafting
  • Boston Society of Architects member
  • Founder of the Residential Design Committee of the Boston Society of Architects
  • American Institute of Architects member
  • One and Two Family Codes Task Force for consulting on the new Mass. Building Codes
  • Reuse Committee of Ipswich Old Town Hall member
  • Former architectural board member of the Ipswich Historical Commission
  • National Trust for Historic Preservation member
  • Trustee of the Ipswich Historic Society and Board Member of the Building and Grounds Committee
  • Founder and director of the Ipswich Neighborhood Architectural Conservation District Task Force
  • Ipswich Chamber of Commerce member
  • The Mary P. Conley Preservation Award 2003
  • VICA Award 1986


Melissa is an indispensable part of our office team. Melissa is involved in most projects from the schematic phase through to construction drawings. She has an Associate from Onondaga Community College in Architectural Technology and is attending the Boston Architectural School at night to obtain a Bachelor’s Degree in Architectural Design.

Melissa has a natural ability to problem solve almost any architectural problem presented to her. One of Melissa’s greatest skills is listening to and understanding our clients’ needs in detail allowing her to apply architectural solutions.

Besides all of her responsibilities at the office Melissa also has three children, twins Braden and Morgan (7), Gabriel (2.5), and lives in a beautiful old Victorian home. Her hobbies outside of work and children are dirt bike riding, knitting as well as abstract painting.


Graham has been the Office Manager for Cummings Architects for the past three years. He has a degree in accounting from Framingham State College.

As Office Manager Graham’s responsibilities consists of billing, computer software, organization and marketing. Though Graham does not have a degree in Architecture he is very interested in the designs that Cummings Architects produces and he does his best to bring a different perspective to the Cummings Architects drafting table.

In his spare time Graham coaches High School hockey where he had graduated from. He also enjoys playing organized sports such as baseball and hockey. Graham lives in a mid 19th Century Greek Revival Farm House where he often has a fire roaring in one of his fireplaces.

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